40,000
by northebound

Comment by pjotre7:
wow, this is excellent ZEN interpretation!

40,000
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Comment by Spooky11:
In an abstract way but dared artistic

40,000
by northebound

Comment by MikeO:
Like this very much. Hope it does well for you.

40,000
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Comment by robholding:
A great image for this category. A1

Sunday Reading: Mark 6
by northebound

Comment by Citadel:
I'd have to agree with previous commenters. This light is really harsh and you have a lot of blown highlights. The fact that they are mainly in the text of the Bible makes them glaringly obvious unfortunately. The highlights on the left hand are blown out but its not quite so jarring.

Of course there is a but...

The cross you were trying to convey in the image was a great idea. Trying to get a defined shadow AND have nice soft light? yeesh.... I think that's a lighting problem that may be unsolvable at least using natural light. Maybe a reflector to provide some fill to the areas outside of the direct sunlight to balance out a bit and hopefully your scene would be less contrasty. It would probably involve a different pose and composition though.

To be honest, I think that the exposure lost you marks and the idea you were trying to pull off actually brought your score up.

Keep up the good work and keep the ideas coming.

40,000
by northebound

Comment by dali_lama_2k:
Did you ever play that independent game "cloud?" very serene, like this photo. Nice 1/3 ratio.

Mirror / Past : Window / Future
by northebound

Comment by PixelKing:
Another cool shot. Surprised at the score. Would have thought higher....

Resident Evil
by northebound

Comment by PixelKing:
thats a cool photo! Looove the floor.

Sunday Reading: Mark 6
by northebound

Comment by spiritualspatula:
You've just got too contrasty a scene here to attempt to get a normal type of exposure (not embracing the super contrast). I'd consider almost like a low key style, high contrast. The colors are washed out from the direct sunlight, so I'd go BW instead, as well. Crop a bit off the right, it seems to be awkwardly placed for some reason. Here's what I mean (all basic legal).

Sunday Reading: Mark 6
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Comment by JacksonGariety:
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